Visiting Policies in the Adult Intensive Care Units in the Netherlands: Survey among ICU Directors

Table 2

Characteristics of visiting policies and organization^*.

	𝑛	Percentage
Organization of visiting policy
Restricted	74	87.1%
Partly restricted	9	10.6%
Unrestricted	2	2.4%
Number of visiting periods a day
1x	2	2.7%
2x	45	60.8%
3x	26	35.1%
>3	1	1.4%
Possible visiting time in minutes per 24 hr (mean ± SD)^†
1x	240
2x	137.1	±79.0
3x	210	±56.1
Partly restricted	487.5	±126
Adaptation of visiting hours if the patient is:
Unstable	73	85.9%
Dying	80	94.1%
Underage	43	50.6%
Awake and stable	14	16.5%
Delirious	33	38.8%
Fully sedated	6	7.1%
Other	20	23.5%
In isolation	10	11.7%
First day after admission	3	3.5%

^∗Results are presented as 𝑛 (%), unless otherwise indicated.
^†The total visiting time a day for the different number of visiting moments a day.